If you missed the premise of this post, check out yesterday’s position player article. Essentially, you can protect five pitchers in the Reds organization from being picked in an expansion draft. Just because you don’t protect someone, doesn’t mean they are gone, just that they could be chosen by an expansion team. I write lots of words in this one, so let’s get started.
The Reds group of young pitchers is really difficult to project. The following pitchers have all been top 100 pitching prospects at some point by a major outlet:
- Amir Garrett
- Cody Reed
- Robert Stephenson
- Michael Lorenzen
- Luis Castillo
- Brandon Finnegan
- Raisel Iglesias
- Tyler Mahle
Other youngsters have more recently grabbed fan’s and writer’s attention, such as Sal Romano and Rookie Davis.